AACLI.sh throwing - Error creating bean with name 'shibboleth.HandlerManager'

[Kasa, Nubli]

Hi,

    I ran aacli.sh script as follows:

   > /opt/shibboleth-idp/bin/aacli.sh --configDir /opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/ --principal username

   And got the errors below. I can't seem to find a good reference for this error. Did anyone had this issue before?
  We're running Shibboleth version 2.3.8 . 

Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'shibboleth.HandlerManager': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletRequest
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:480)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:429)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:728)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:380)
        at edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.attribute.AttributeAuthorityCLI.loadConfigurations(AttributeAuthorityCLI.java:206)
        at edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.attribute.AttributeAuthorityCLI.main(AttributeAuthorityCLI.java:95)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletRequest
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2427)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Class.java:2547)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Class.java:1410)
        at java.beans.Introspector.getPublicDeclaredMethods(Introspector.java:1284)
        at java.beans.Introspector.getTargetMethodInfo(Introspector.java:1158)
        at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:408)
        at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:167)
        at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.<init>(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:220)
        at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.forClass(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:144)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getCachedIntrospectionResults(BeanWrapperImpl.java:252)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyDescriptorInternal(BeanWrapperImpl.java:282)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.isWritableProperty(BeanWrapperImpl.java:333)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1247)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1010)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:472)
        ... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.ServletRequest
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
        ... 29 more


Thanks,
Nubli

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Muhammad Nubli Mohd Kasa
Identity Management Systems
Indiana University
(812) 856-2340